RE: [SLUG] Resizing NTFS for LINUX install

From: wchast@utilpart.com
Date: Sat Jul 24 2004 - 16:54:43 EDT


Doug Koobs wrote:
> You may want to use DiskKeeper to defrag the drive before resizing the
> partition. They have trialware you can use for free at
> http://consumer.execsoft.com/
> It will do a better job of defragging than the Windows defragger.
>
> In my case, the Windows tool left a piece of a file at the end of the
> partition, and wouldn't move it, so I couldnt shrink the partition.
> But DiskKeeper did a much better job, moved the fragment, and the
> Suse install was able to shrink the partition.
>
> Doug

I had to fire up ie to pull it, the site kept on giving errors on Firefox.
Don't you love it when you have to use a browser that even the Gov't has
told you to avoid in order to view something?

Chuck Hast
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